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partprobe — Notify the operating system kernel of partition table changes. More information: <https://manned.org

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Problem

How to use the partprobe command: Notify the operating system kernel of partition table changes. More information: <https://manned.org/partprobe>.

Solution

partprobe — Notify the operating system kernel of partition table changes. More information: <https://manned.org/partprobe>.

Notify the operating system kernel of partition table changes:

sudo partprobe

Notify the kernel of partition table changes and show a summary of devices and their partitions:

sudo partprobe {{[-s|--summary]}}

Show a summary of devices and their partitions but don't notify the kernel:

sudo partprobe {{[-s|--summary]}} {{[-d|--dry-run]}}

Code Snippets

Notify the operating system kernel of partition table changes

sudo partprobe

Notify the kernel of partition table changes and show a summary of devices and their partitions

sudo partprobe {{[-s|--summary]}}

Show a summary of devices and their partitions but don't notify the kernel

sudo partprobe {{[-s|--summary]}} {{[-d|--dry-run]}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/partprobe

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